Links to Resources

Resources on Learning Spaces

from Learning & Leading with Technology, December/January 2010–11
There are a number of excellent resources to learn more about the importance of appropriate learning space.
Here are a few you may find useful:
Designing New Spaces for Learning: http://learningspaces.arizona.edu
American Architectural Foundation: www.archfoundation.org
American Institute for Architects: www.aia.org
Architectural Foundation: www.archfoundation.org/aaf/gsbd/index.htm
Be Playful Design: http://beplayfuldesign.com
Centre for School Design: www.thecentreforschooldesign.org
Committee for Architecture in Education: www.aia.org/practicing/groups/kc/AIAS075163
Council for Educational Facility Planners International: www.cefpi.org
DesignShare: www.designshare.com
EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Learning Spaces: www.educause.edu/learningspaces
Edutopia: www.edutopia.org
FutureLab: www.futurelab.org.uk
Great Schools by Design, American National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities:
www.edfacilities.org
On the Development of Learning Spaces by David Jakes:
http://jakes.editme.com/educonlearnspace
OWP/P | Cannon Design: www.owpp.com/content.cfm/k12_portfolio
Society for College and University Planning: www.scup.org/page/index
The Language of School Design: www.designshare.com/index.php/language-school-design
The Third Teacher: www.thethirdteacher.com
Campfires in Cyberspace http://www.tcpd.org/thornburg/handouts/campfires.pdf

Also:
News Round, BBC, School of the Future: http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/pictures/galleries/newsid_1750000/1750959.stm